Word: methods
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Brunonian thus comments on Prof. White's new method of instruction in Greek poetry: "The novelty of the plan thus proposed will doubtless have the effect of securing the interest of the classes. It certainly has the merit of allowing the widest range of freedom to the student and at the same time of demanding results which could only be attained through a thorough knowledge of the text. We would be glad to hear of the success of the experiment...
...been enforced by the decisions of every set of judges who have been selected to award the Boylston prizes at the annual public exhibition. The aim now is to give perfect command of the body in clear and effective utterance in private speech and before an audience. The method by which Mr. Jones seeks to attain this is peculiar to himself, and is the result of a good deal of study on his part. It has so far the confidence of the corporation that, in the absence of any person fitted to supplement him, he has been made the sole...
...society require the superintendent to file with the directors suitable bonds, and to deposit in the bank, in the name of the treasurer, all funds received by him. All bills are then required to be paid within three days by the treasurer's checks. By observing this method of immediate payments, and by remembering that no goods of any value are carried in stock, that none are sold or delivered without cash in hand, that all second-hand goods deposited for sale are at owners' risk, that all coal ordered is paid for in advance, and that the society depends...
...attending to the matter immediately. The class, as a whole, made a great move in the right direction by electing their photographer at a very early date. It now remains with the individual members of the class to prove that a marked gain has been made by this new method. Men are urged to make their appointments as soon as possible, and keep them rigidly unless it is absolutely impossible. When an appointment is unavoidably broken a new one should be made immediately. We hope that every member of the class will see the necessity of backing up the committee...
...following remarkably ingenious method for attracting students to Yale is in vogue in San Francisco: Through the beneficence of a certain graduate, the high school of that city offers $100 to every one who is admitted to the freshman class. To the one who passes the most creditable examination on entrance a prize of $250 is awarded...